A 51-year-old breast cancer patient from Switzerland has become the first person in the world to be treated using Gated RapidArc, which makes it possible to monitor patient breathing and compensate for tumor motion while quickly delivering radiotherapy during a continuous rotation around the patient. This development from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) enables the use of RapidArc radiotherapy technology in combination with respiratory gating a process of turning the beam on and off in synchrony with the patient's breathing. This technique increases the precision of treatment delivery by compensating for tumor motion. The treatment took place at the Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana (IOSI) radiation oncology unit in Bellinzona,trx force kit tactical, a public comprehensive...